The Fullness of Time in a Flat World: Globalization and the Liturgical Year (Theopolitical Visions)

Scott Waalkes

ISBN 10: 1556358636 / ISBN 13: 9781556358630

Published by Cascade Books, 2010

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384 pages. 8.80x6.00x0.90 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fullness of Time in a Flat World: Globalization and the Liturgical Year (Theopolitical Visions)
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556358636
• ISBN 13: 9781556358630
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.52 kilograms

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Synopsis

Best-selling author Thomas Friedman says that globalization has made the world flat and that we cannot stop the process. But while it is right to say that globalization tends to flatten our world, it is wrong to say that there are no alternatives to current patterns of economic, ecological, political, and cultural integration. This book argues that the Christian liturgical calendar provides a constructive alternative to the globalization of economics, ecologies, politics, and cultures. It does so by incorporating the church into the fullness of time in the gospel narrative, thereby helping us escape from the dead end of Friedman's flat world so that we can improvise healthier ways of being globally integrated.

About the Author

Scott Waalkes (PhD University of Virginia) is Professor of International Politics at Malone Malone University in Canton, Ohio. He spent a year abroad as a Fulbright Scholar with his family in 2004-2005.